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[GSoC] Introduction

Subject: [GSoC] Introduction

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Shourya Shukla· Jan 22, 2020, 20:42 UTC · lore

Greetings everyone!

I am Shourya Shukla, a Computer Science And Engineering student from IIT Roorkee. I am very keen on contributing to Git via Google Summer of Code 2020 (GSoC 2020).

I have worked on a microproject(I saw it here[1] and thought I'd give it a shot) and submitted a patch regarding the same[2], which has been accpeted by Junio C Hamano[3][4] and will be queued shortly. I have become familiar with mailing lists as well now so it isn't an issue. I want to know in which direction should I proceed now.

Thanks, Shourya Shukla

[1]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Microprojects/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200116203622.4694-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy2u08obx.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/ [4]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqtv4o8ob0.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/

Christian Couder· Jan 23, 2020, 11:02 UTC · re: Shourya Shukla · lore

Re: [GSoC] Introduction

Hi Shourya,

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 9:45 PM Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Greetings everyone!
>
> I am Shourya Shukla, a Computer Science And Engineering student from IIT Roorkee.
> I am very keen on contributing to Git via Google Summer of Code 2020 (GSoC 2020).

Nice!

> I have worked on a microproject(I saw it here[1] and thought I'd give it a shot)
> and submitted a patch regarding the same[2], which has been accpeted by Junio C Hamano[3][4]
> and will be queued shortly.

Nice that you have already done a microproject! It would have been better if you already added [GSoC] to the title of your patches so that we could more easily find them.

> I have become familiar with mailing lists as well now so it isn't
> an issue. I want to know in which direction should I proceed now.

In https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Microprojects/ you can find the following:

"If you’ve already done a microproject and are itching to do more, then get involved in other ways, like finding and fixing other problems in the code, or improving the documentation or code comments, or helping to review other people’s patches on the mailing list, or answering questions on the mailing list or in IRC, or writing new tests, etc., etc. In short, start doing things that other Git developers do! Alternatively you can of course focus on your project proposal."

So I would suggest you follow the above advice.

As we haven't proposed projects yet, you can perhaps look for a project that you would be interested in. As we say in https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Ideas/ the ideas we will propose will be just … ideas, and the list we will propose will not be exhaustive, and also we are more than happy to receive proposals for other ideas related to Git. Be sure to read the "Note about refactoring projects versus projects that implement new features" though.

Best, Christian.

Shourya Shukla· Jan 23, 2020, 18:04 UTC · re: Christian Couder · lore

Re: [GSoC] Introduction

Hey Christian,

Thank you for your advice! Apologies for not tagging my patch with [GSoC], I didn't realise it before. Is it okay if I try solving a couple of issues and then focus on the GSoC project(following from what you advised)?

Also, I wanted to ask whether or not one can try attempting the projects mentioned last year[1] this year as well? I observed that only one idea[2] was picked out of the aforementioned project list.

Merci, Shourya

[1]: https://git.github.io/SoC-2019-Ideas/ [2]: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2019/projects/5390155215536128/

Christian Couder· Jan 23, 2020, 22:51 UTC · re: Shourya Shukla · lore

Re: [GSoC] Introduction

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:04 PM Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your advice! Apologies for not tagging my patch with [GSoC],
> I didn't realise it before. Is it okay if I try solving a couple of issues
> and then focus on the GSoC project(following from what you advised)?

Yeah, it is okay, but we ask for "Only ONE quality focused microproject per student". So solving other issues might not help much your GSoC application.

> Also, I wanted to ask whether or not one can try attempting the projects mentioned
> last year[1] this year as well?

You should probably ask the persons mentioned as "possible mentors"

> I observed that only one idea[2] was picked out of
> the aforementioned project list.
>
> [2]: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2019/projects/5390155215536128/

Yeah, because one GSoC student suggested a project idea on his own.

Best, Christian.